03 Aug 1882
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1882
Page
1
A Lewiston flour dealer references three bread slices showing distinct tints and textures. One slice, graham colored, feels bricklike. a nearly white slice pleases a hungry man. the third, pure white and spongy, dissolves in the mouth. The bakeries’ claims tie to three women using the same flour, with one cook unhappy with the flour and another noting bread from expensive flour.
A July report cites ninety five thousand dollars paid into the State Treasury. Texas passenger fares will drop under a law. The Fort Worth and Denver line reaches Henrietta with expected cattle shipments of thirty thousand head. Swiss land deals with Guadalupe county and future Swiss settlement are noted. A Buffalo Gap whirlwind and a tragic Waco Volkafest death are reported. Educational funding and admissions to Sam Houston normal are set, while broker jargon explains market terms.
A veteran explains stock market lingo to a novice detailing operators brokers and room traders. He defines bears as those who expect prices to fall and sell to buy later, noting the bull bear distinction shifts with daily market cues.
Health notes discuss fowl and eggs as healthier than pork and beef, lemon juice for rheumatic gout, washing the head with weak soda water for nervous headache, salt for hiccoughs, coffee with egg white for drugged infants, powdered sulphur as a preventive against contagious diseases, and camphor for breaking up a cold with repeated small doses.
A New York Times excerpt reports on European carp introduction in American waters. Controller Semler tastes a three pound specimen from Great South Bay and lauds its flavor and hardiness. Prospects include widespread farming, pure stock management, and export potential for a profitable fish crop.
The article extols German millet as an ideal crop with yields of three to five tons per acre on average soil. It appeals to livestock for fattening, offers two crops per season, and can follow wheat, rye, or oat harvests. Some argue it is hard on land, but advocates push its advantages.
The London Telegraph reports Dr Siemens proposes a novel sun model in which the star draws in hydrogen from space and recycles energy by fusing materials at its poles. He argues this could sustain light and heat indefinitely, challenging the prevailing view of finite solar life and linking the idea to zodiacal light and comets.
A collage of curious facts and anecdotes from history and daily life. Topics include egg laying times, animal jaw strength, crows roosting, Egyptian lamp oil, human hearing, spaces between words in writing, the sponge’s status, Caligula’s horse gift, cast batten laws, a betting game in Indiana, a Ky. fox hunter, and a Frenchman’s iron-on plush method.
A Chicago hunter, H J Sheldon, recounted near Pecos River a single shot killing a grizzly bear and an enormous deer with one Springfield rifle. He and his burro, after tracking the pair at 150 yards, felled both with spinal break and heart shot, then tied the cubs and carried the carcasses back to Cooper City. The tale, doubted at first, is supported by witnesses who measured the deer at eleven feet eight inches and over six feet high, with the hunt ending in a celebratory feast in Cooper County.
A fragmented list describes grossenerals with superior caps on display, noting power to command and related insignia.
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